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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?
(a) It is so small he can't stand up all the way
(b) It is icy cold
(c) It is painted blue with white stripes
(d) The room is oddly shaped and seems to continuously change proportions

2. Who is Oyarsa?
(a) Their military leader
(b) The head teacher in the village
(c) The head of the sorn
(d) The ruler of the planet

3. Ransom plans to use the pilfered object(s) to:
(a) have a way of surviving alone for a week
(b) be ready to camp out on the planet when they land
(c) kill himself if necessary
(d) have tea alone in his room

4. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:
(a) conserve air
(b) keep from getting laryngitis
(c) listen the the hum of the engine
(d) eat his ham and eggs

5. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?
(a) He hides behind a large tree
(b) He pulls out his knife and digs in the soil
(c) He takes a drink of water
(d) He relaxes and quickly falls asleep

6. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
(a) Excited
(b) Happy
(c) Indifferent
(d) Surprised and shocked.

7. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:
(a) he can't find his shoes
(b) he is knocked out from behind
(c) he is chained to the wall
(d) there is no door in the room he is in

8. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise
(b) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(c) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(d) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows

9. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent
(b) only what Ransom knows
(c) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(d) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god

10. How does he deal with his thirst?
(a) He dips his shirt in the stream and dribbles a small amount of water in his mouth
(b) He ignores it
(c) He chews some of the berries
(d) He drinks from the stream

11. The core of the ship is:
(a) solid metal
(b) made of molten lava
(c) contains argon and helium
(d) hollow

12. What does Ransom hear as he runs through the forest?
(a) A strange snapping noise he can't place
(b) Fast, thudding steps behind him
(c) Gunshots and some voices yelling
(d) Birds singing in the trees

13. What does he see following behind the herd of creatures?
(a) A stalking lion looking animal
(b) A human like person with a shepard's crook
(c) Weston
(d) A sorn

14. The walls of the ship seem to shift constantly because:
(a) the walls are made of liquid
(b) the walls are flexible rubber
(c) the center of the sphere is always down while they are in space
(d) they are on drugs and it only seems that the walls are shifting

15. Weston believes that Ransom is incapable of what?
(a) Returning to earth without his help
(b) Understanding the mechanics of the ship
(c) Learning to speak Malacandran
(d) Understanding the lofty motives of this voyage

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?

2. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:

3. What does Harry do at the Rise?

4. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?

5. What does Ransom do with the Hross?

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